SIMPLE MINDS – UP ON THE CATWALK Picture Disc 7″ – Nr MINT UK NEW WAVE

Simple Minds – Up On The Catwalk
(Virgin Records  1984  VSY661)
UK Pressing

Picture Disc Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
– a couple of crackles on the run in before music begins & some light crackles on side 2

PVC Stickered Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– no splits

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

The band produced a number of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their No. 1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, from the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. They are also known for the No. 3 US hit single “Alive and Kicking” and the No. 1 UK hit single “Belfast Child”. The band has sold more than 60 million albums since 1979.

The core of the band is the two remaining founder members – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting) – and drummer Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982). The other current band members are Andy Gillespie (keyboards) and Ged Grimes (bass guitar). Significant former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes and keyboard player Michael MacNeil (the latter credited as a significant band composer during the band’s rise in the 1980s).

“Up on the Catwalk” was the third single to be released from Sparkle in the Rain, the sixth studio album by Simple Minds. It was released in March 1984 and climbed to number 27 in the UK Singles Chart. It stayed in the charts for five weeks, which was longer than the band’s previous single, “Speed Your Love to Me”.

• Virgin VS 661

1. “Up on the Catwalk” (edit) – 4:04

2. “A Brass Band in Africa” – 5:10